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BRIEF: Taylor Swift announces world tour, leaves Spotify

Nov. 03--Taylor Swift will be taking her new album "1989" on a world tour next year. Swift made the announcement on "Good Morning America." Vance Joy will be joining Swift for all of her North American dates.

The tour will kick off in Louisiana on May 20 and will make a Chicago stop at Soldier Field on July 18. Presale tickets go on sale Nov. 7. Go to taylorswift.com for more details.

In other Taylor Swift news, all of her albums have been removed from Spotify as her label, Big Machine Records, reportedly is being put up for sale for an estimated $200 million.

For now, anyone searching Spotify for Swift's music will find a playlist titled "What to Play While Taylor's Away," with tracks by Katy Perry, Demi Lovato and Jason Derulo, Ed Sheeran, Sam Hunt, One Direction, Hilary Duff and other youth-oriented pop and country acts.

Other services including Rhapsody, Pandora, iTunes and Google Play are still streaming Swift's music, except for the new "1989" album.

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